{"id":87765,"date":"2026-04-29T12:16:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=87765"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:16:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:16:47","slug":"how-michael-saylor-almost-single-handedly-drove-bitcoins-20-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=87765","title":{"rendered":"How Michael Saylor (Almost) Single-Handedly Drove Bitcoin&#8217;s 20% Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) is up roughly 20% from its February lows, and Bitwise Chief Investment Officer <strong>Matt Hougan<\/strong> says <strong>Strategy Inc.<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"MSTR\" data-exchange=\"NASDAQ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/MSTR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/MSTR\">MSTR<\/a>) chairman <strong>Michael Saylor<\/strong> is the single biggest factor behind the move.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strategy Added $7.2 Billion In 8 Weeks<\/h3>\n<p>Strategy <a href=\"https:\/\/experts.bitwiseinvestments.com\/cio-memos\/bitcoins-latest-rally-brought-to-you-by-strc\">purchased<\/a> $7.2 billion of Bitcoin over the past eight weeks, outpacing the $3.8 billion in ETF inflows since March 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The purchases were financed entirely by issuing STRC, Strategy\u2019s perpetual preferred stock currently yielding 11.5% annually.<\/p>\n<p>Hougan explained that Strategy\u2019s goal with STRC is to have it trade at $100 per share while offering high dividend yields.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The company maintains that price by adjusting the yield up or down. If STRC trades below $100, Strategy can increase the interest rate to attract buyers. If it trades above $100, Strategy can issue more shares &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/04\/52124426\/how-michael-saylor-almost-single-handedly-drove-bitcoins-20-rally?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"How\" michael saylor single-handedly drove bitcoin rally>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is up roughly 20% from its February lows, and Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan says Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) chairman Michael Saylor is the single biggest factor behind the move. Strategy Added $7.2 Billion In 8 Weeks Strategy purchased $7.2 billion of Bitcoin over the past eight weeks, outpacing the $3.8 billion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-87765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}